Ivory snuff container

Made:
1880-1930

Ivory snuff container, ovoid, with tubular neck coiled with brass wire, body decorated with triangular patterns suspended from brass bead chain, Zambezi, South Africa, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A140330
Materials:
ivory, brass, leather and gourd
type:
snuff containers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)